Wally starts dating Artemis, Robin feels rejected, and like he's losing his best friend. Yes, Artemis is going to be the 'villain' in my Birdflash story, but maybe… if it goes in a more romantic direction I'll change it up and make sure she gets a happy ending, okay?
I know some people are not going to like this fanfiction AT ALL and that's okay, but I just really wanted to write this because I swear I've been through all of AO3 and haven't seen any fanfiction like this. The closest two I saw were on and they were unfinished and it just ripped my angst-craving heart in two. I hope you enjoy!
This story is finished!
I don't own any characters from the Young Justice universe!
Robin beamed to the cave with hope in his heart and a grin on his face. Today was his day with Wally- it was their day and Wally had promised him he wouldn't make any plans and that it could just be the two of them and they could do whatever with each other and it would be fun and awesome and amazing. He had promised, and Wally was rare to break his promises, especially to Dick.
Recently, he had been seeing less and less of his red and yellow clad meta-friend. Ever since he had kissed Artemis on New Years and they had started dating, Wally had had to split time to make room for both of them. Dick understood that, of course he did. He was excited for his best friend and it was nice to see Wally happy with Artemis… but slowly it seemed less like Wally was splitting his time and more like he was omitting the time he used to spend with Robin or Dick in favor of his girlfriend.
Dick could understand that too. Of course Wally would want to spend time with his girlfriend, and Dick had even recognized that he wouldn't be spending as much time with the speedster as normal, but he hadn't predicted that the situation would devolve into him almost never getting a proper hangout with Wally anymore. Sure they had training together, and they texted when they could, but it wasn't the same.
That's why Dick, currently Robin in civvies, was hopeful and excited for today. Wally should be at the cave already and getting ready for whatever they were gonna do- probably hit up the arcade and some of their favorite food joints. That was their normal hangout and honestly Dick was craving for just one day of normal with Wally again.
Robin walked into the main lounge of the cave and spotted Wally on the couch. He was about to do a classic hop over the back so he could land next to his speedster friend, but then he saw smooth, blonde hair and a head resting on Wally's shoulder. Oh. He mentally scratched the flip move and instead cleared his throat. "Hey guys" he said and walked, awkwardly, around to the other side of the couch, seeing Wally and Artemis snuggled up and whispering and giggling to each other. Ew.
They both looked up at him. Wally had a surprised but happy smile on his face and Artemis had a typical glare… a typical glare to anyone who wasn't Robin, who had been picking up more and more negativity from the stares Artemis gave him each time he interrupted her time with Wally.
"Hey Rob, what's up?" Wally asked him as Artemis snuggled into his side a little more possessively.
Robin smiled lightly, giving a glance over to Artemis before looking back towards Wally. "Nothing much. Planning on being late to our hangout thing? I was thinking arcade and pizza and you don't seem ready" he said, because Wally didn't look ready to go in the slightest and it made Dick's heart drop some.
Wally's face instantly paled and grew sheepish. "Oh… um…"
Artemis glared up at Wally. "You said you were going to take me to see the new romance-action movie tonight. We already bought the tickets" she reminded, her tone warning and her eyebrow raised.
Wally nodded dumbly and looked up at Robin. "We did already buy tickets… can we postpone? I swear I'll make it up to you."
And there it was. There was that phrase that Dick had hated hearing ever since Wally and Artemis got together. I swear I'll make it up to you- Wally would say that every time he didn't answer the phone or video chat call, every time couldn't hang out, every time he would cancel their plans at the last second. Every time Dick would get that phrase, and he hated it.
Dick's hope puffed into smoke, the grin fell from his face, but he tried not to let his hurt show. "Yeah, sure thing" he said quietly and walked away.
"Thanks Rob, you're the best!" Wally called out as he snuggled up back with his suddenly much happier girlfriend.
Dick didn't miss the smug smirk on Artemis' lips as she watched him leave. He didn't miss the triumphant kiss she gave to Wally's cheek. He didn't call it out though, because Wally was happy and maybe if he tried hard enough that would be enough to make him happy too.
And there we go. I will probably write more to this because this is kinda a drabble and I would love to make it into a story if people want. I have some ideas, so just let me know if this is a story worth continuing!